ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque arrested two people for a hit-and-run crash that critically injured a motorcyclist on Sunday.
Police said the motorcyclist was hit by a maroon Chevrolet Avalanche in the area of Central Avenue and Girard Boulevard.
An off-duty police service aide saw the maroon Avalanche with blood on it and clothing stuck in the wheel well pull into an apartment complex at 5350 San Mateo Blvd. NE.
Police said the PSA saw the driver, later identified as 27-year-old Anthony Nez fall out of the driver’s seat and appeared to be intoxicated. The PSA also told APD he saw Blanco remove alcohol containers from the vehicle.
Nez’s girlfriend, later identified as 22-year-old Raquel Blanco, exited the passenger seat, and two young children, ages five and six, got out of the backseat.
Officers officially linked the Chevy Avalanche to the hit-and-run, and the children were later found in an apartment by themselves with no supervision.
Nez is charged with the following:
- DWI causing great bodily harm
- Abuse of a child (two counts)
- Leaving the scene of an accident involving injury
- Open container
- No registration
- No insurance
- Child passenger restraint violation
Blanco is facing the following charges:
- Abuse of a child (two counts)
- Leaving the scene of an accident involving injury
- Tampering with evidence
CYFD responded to find safe placement for the children, police said.
